| Growing azaleas, rhododendrons, blueberries, holly, | | | | bloom. Each year I would see the blooms on that |
| pieris, heather, and other plants that love acidic and | | | | azalea and know that as they swelled so the shad |
| organics soils can be fun and rewarding. | | | | were approaching. Thus I came to associate the |
| One of my fond memories of being 12 was catching | | | | blooms of azaleas with it's time to go fishing. How |
| my first shad. Each spring the shad migrate up the | | | | smart and lucky I was. For there are so many |
| Delaware River to end their life long journey to | | | | varieties and blooming times for azaleas plus some |
| spawn. Their migration is like clockwork, arriving | | | | varieties have small second flushes, that I can now |
| exactly on time, like the swallows of Capistrano each | | | | say with absolute certainty that, "It's always time to |
| year. In many ways so are the flowers and buds on | | | | go fishing". |
| plants. I remember my shad and the picture of this | | | | Following these recommendations will help you have |
| trophy. I was standing next to a large azalea in full | | | | success in raising these plants. |